Abraham Lincoln — The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln-VOL. II Chap. 5.19

National Bank July, 1848, [FRAGMENT] The question of a national bank is at rest. Were I President, I should not urge its reagitation upon Congress; but should Congress see fit to pass an act to establish such an institution, I should not arrest it by the veto, unless I should consider it subject to some constitutional objection from which I believe the two former banks to have been free.